Russell and Strawson on Definite Descriptions

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This reading guide is under construction.

Read Russell (1905) and Strawson (1950). Maybe also Russell (1919).

References

Russell, Bertrand. 1905. “On Denoting.” Mind 14 (October): 479–93. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2248381.

Russell, Bertrand. 1919. “Descriptions.” In Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy. George Allen & Unwin.

Strawson, P. F. 1950. “On Referring.” Mind 59 (235): 320–44. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2251176.